possible stupid question...

hey.
i'm really new to silkscreening, so if this question is just completely dumb, please bear with me.

i'm getting ready to print a two color design that will be silver and a really dark blue. does it make any difference what color goes down first? i would think it would make sense to print the silver first followed by the darker blue. is that the best way?

silver (if it is metallic) is usually very opaque. So in this case print blue first, then silver.... but if they don't touch, it doesn't matter which colour you print first.
If they do touch, you should have designed it so one colour traps (overlaps) the other...in that case, it would be better to have silver as the overprint.

Hey, there's no stupid questions if you don't know something. If you don't ask, you will never know.

"An artwork is normally assessed in quality by the amount of stimulation it brings about. The impact it has on people, the number of people that can relate to it, the degree of their appreciation, and the effect or influence it has or has had in the past, all accumulate to the 'degree of art.' Most artworks that are widely considered to be "masterpieces" possess these attributes." - Frank Kozik